An Ontario MPP was asked again to leave the Ontario legislature on Monday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment that was banned by the Speaker last month due to its political symbolism. Sarah Jama was “named” by House Speaker Ted Arnott for donning the black-and-white checkered scarf, which has become synonymous with Palestinian solidarity, meaning she cannot vote on matters before the house for the remainder of the day. Jama left the legislative chamber, as did NDP MPPs Joel Harden and...
A multi-day severe weather event sweeping across the Prairies ends with a bang in parts of Manitoba and northern Ontario to start the long weekend
Aiden Pleterski, the self-proclaimed 'Crypto King' from Whitby, Ont., has been arrested in Durham Region after allegedly running a Ponzi scheme worth more than $40 million. Court documents obtained by CTV News Toronto show that a warrant was issued for Pleterski on May 2 after a 16-month investigation by Durham Regional Police. He was charged with fraud over $5,000 and money laundering on Tuesday. The 25-year-old was released on a $100,000 bail with his parents signed as sureties and an...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The Speaker of Ontario’s legislature says politicians, staff and visitors will be allowed to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, but he is upholding his ban on the scarf inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who sits as an independent after being booted from the NDP caucus last year, put on a keffiyeh as […]
The Ontario government will require large construction sites in the province to provide menstrual products as part of an omnibus bill set to be introduced Monday. Labour Minister David Piccini says the requirement will apply to sites of 20 workers or more where construction is expected to last at least three months. The Working for Workers bill, the fifth installment in a series of government labour legislation, will also require employers at construction sites and other workplaces to keep...
Ontario’s Minister of Transportation announced Wednesday a newly proposed legislation that, if passed, would see new penalties imposed for those convicted of impaired driving offences in the province. The proposed legislation, if passed, would require anyone convicted of impaired driving to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicle. Those convicted on first and second-time alcohol and drug-related offences would see increased license suspensions and mandatory remedial education...
Ontario will revamp how it compensates seasonal agricultural workers who are injured on the job, but critics say thousands of other migrant workers are being left out of the changes. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return to a job due to injury, but is able to work elsewhere. The WSIB pays workers 85 per cent of their salary if they are hurt on the job and unable to return to that role, but claws back money that is...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama is calling for sweeping changes to provide better protection for people who rent their homes, but her proposals appeared to be derailed after she was ejected from the legislature again. Jama has already been censured in the legislature, and removed from her former party the NDP, for expressions of support for […]
A former Peel CAS finance director, who was arrested and had charges later withdrawn, is speaking out about an agency rocked by allegations of financial mismanagement.
According to an April 30 report by the National Post, many Ontario parents revealed that public schools did not ask for consent before referring to their minor child by a different name and pronouns, resulting in child-parent relationships being torn apart.
The threat for severe weather will restart in northwestern Ontario on Saturday, an undesired way to kick off the long weekend for those in the region. Included in the risk is a brief, but low chance of a tornado, as well
Honda's $15 billion investment to make EVs in Canada cements Ontario's place at the forefront of a seismic shift, Dimitry Anastakis says